Georgia man faces charge of killing woman in 1974

WORCESTER, Mass. — A 71-year-old Georgia man charged with killing a Massachusetts woman nearly 42 years ago is scheduled to face trial early next year. The Telegram & Gazette reported that on Thursday a judge scheduled Lonzo Guthrie’s murder trial to start Feb. 11. The Austell, Georgia, man has pleaded not guilty to the February 1974 stabbing death of 21-year-old Eileen Ferro in her Shrewsbury home. Ferro was found dead a day after Guthrie delivered furniture to the home.

Guthrie was linked to the killing when blood evidence from the scene matched a DNA sample he submitted because of a California rape conviction.

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